androidbluetooth
(I'm not sure if this is an Ubuntu or an Android question – feel free to move it!)
Is it possible to connect my Android Jelly Bean phone to my laptop using bluetooth so that the telephone can use the laptop's internet connection?
Android --BLUETOOTH--> Laptop --ETHERNET--> Internet
I'm running 12.10, the laptop has bluetooth and I've been able to pair the two devices.
It turned out that the connection sharing has to be enabled on the phone. I installed an app on the phone which shares the connection (for the N900, it is called bluetooth-dun) and on the new pairing, Ubuntu automatically offered to use the phone's Internet connection. I guess that I must have seen the option when pairing with somebody else's phone before.
Then it showed a wizard for the setup (choosing a provider and a plan) and after I filled it out, it worked. At least that's how it works on 11.04.
I am not sure if there is any good way using native bluetooth app that ships with ubuntu but I am going to use a pretty old app called blueman.
install it using
sudo apt-get install blueman
Now from unity search (from dash) for blueman and you will get bluetooth manager click on that and you will get window and blueman service will be enabled.
now you can see two bluetooth icons on top panel of unity. one will be native and other will be blueman's
click on blueman's icon and click local services.
Now a new window **Local Services** pops up, in it click on 'network' and enable Network Access point, click apply and save it.
Now you can access internet using bluetooth of your computer after pairing them and connecting.
Best Answer
What you are looking for is "reverse tethering".
I dont believe it has been done through bluetooth yet, but there's a solution that works well if you are willing to connect your phone with usb.
Find all related software and documentation here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371345